Llandros' Ultimate Sim Challenge Rules (Sims 3)

Earlier this year I started putting together a challenge to play that I called the Ultimate Sim Challenge. I didn't know that someone had started something similar a few years ago but never continued it. Anyway, I have been recording on my YouTube channel and documenting in the forums my own attempts at this challenge. I thought I would create a thread with all the rules here on the forum.

This challenge is intended to make full use of all official EA content, including EP, SP, and store content. You can always modify for anything that you don't have. Changing rules to fit your own play style and interest is fine as it really is just a way for you to try to experience a vast majority of what this game has to offer.

My original blog postings are here and they have been copied over so that they can be in this forum. Let me know if you try it and feel free to post pics/updates if you like. I hope you enjoy and don't feel overwhelmed by the volume of 'rules'. They are pretty easy to follow.

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Each town, or season, has it's own set of items that you should work on. Primary skills should be mastered, but skill challenges are ongoing. You can complete them at a later time if you like. Free skills are ones that do not impact job performance or academic performance. If your sim starts learning a skill before it should be done, don't worry. Just try to direct them to not do that skill if at all possible. As you near the end of a season, you might actually start working on a few skills in order to do well on the college aptitude test.

When setting up your town, look to see if you will even be working on that skill to determine if you need to add the venue.

1 year is equal to 4 sim weeks. All jobs should be held for 1 sim year unless they are part time. Part time jobs only require a 2 week commitment. You may stay in the job longer if you wish or need to in order to reach the highest level of the career. You can rearrange the order in which you complete the jobs if you like.

Your children/spouse can be the same occult status as you. You may cure them at anytime, but once cured, they cannot change again.

Aging - keep the lifespan on 90 days/ Keep your sim young any way that you can as long as you have unlocked the skill.

Be sure to review the Odds and Ends section here for a few more details. The rule of thumb is to always look at something and if your sim can do it, then you need to!

Odds and Ends

During the challenge, you will need to try to accomplish everything that one sim can possibly do. Most of the skill challenges will do this for you.

Collections - You can create and/or collect as many items as you want, but once you have found a gem, insect, metal, etc. then you must keep 1 of them in a chest either on your lot or in your family inventory.

Children and Spouses

You may marry a sim from any town that you are using during that 'season'. Be sure at some point to marry an alien so you can get the spaceship. You will need it for handiness upgrades.

There are many methods to have kids. You must use EACH of these at least once during the challenge:

Normal pregnancy

Alien birth (either through male abduction or regular birth)

Plantsim

Engineer a child (Oasis Landings)

Genetic Merger (Door of Life and Death)

Wishing Well (Lucky Palms)

Time Machine

Cloning (be sure to raise it and marry it into the family line)

Adoption

Imaginary Friend (turn them real at child age and raise as your own. They must become a family tree member and produce a child.

Once a sim is in your house and under your control, you must keep them in the house until their death. The tombstone of the most recently deceased spouse of your Ultimate Sim candidate must remain on your current lot at all times. All others can be placed in inventory if you like. This will satisfy the 'ghost' requirement for the challenge.

Spouses and children may work, go to University, and do whatever is needed to complete their lifetime wish. It is not required for them to do anything however.

I am currently playing a version of this that drops the child and spouse requirements. Instead, you may choose a spouse and have children using the various methods but must keep them alive and young with you for the duration fo the challenge. When you get to the final destination, you move them out on their own and then work on having all the other type of children that are possible in the game. It's a different option and I have been enjoying it quite a bit.

This blog is always changing as I am still play-testing the challenge. As i run across new items, I will continue to add them here.

Free Skill - Alchemy (you may choose others if they are available to you)

Activities

Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Hire a maid, order pizza, have at least one roommate that remains through the entire season

Travel (required) - You must travel to one of the countries to purchase a chest. I recommend that you purchase 10-12 of them. I currently am using 12 but may need more soon. You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. You may purchase items like recipes, fishing books, martial arts equipment, but you will not be able to use them at this time. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Werewolf (must acquire the curse by being bitten. must also pass along the curse to at least one sim) (must reach max level)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (required) - you must travel to each destination to purchase the recipes. This requirement is lifted if you have completed it in a previous town. You may continue to search for insects, metals, or gems. You may purchase items like fishing books, martial arts equipment, but you will not be able to use them at this time. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

Have a washer and dryer in your home - you must have one in every home going forward in the challenge

Travel (optional) - You may continue to search for insects, metals, or gems. You may purchase items like fishing books, martial arts equipment, but you will not be able to use them at this time. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained.. Child must be born in this town.

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (required) - You must purchase the martial arts equipment at this time. You also have to reach Martial Arts Master in the ranked tournaments. You may continue to search for insects, metals, or gems. You may purchase items like fishing books, but you will not be able to use them at this time. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time. You should also start working on the soccer tournament ranking at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

Travel (optional) - You may continue to search for insects, metals, or gems. You may purchase items like fishing books, but you will not be able to use them at this time. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Vampire

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

Start working on the Chess Tournament ranking as well. You can do this while in one of the countries if you choose to travel.

Travel (required) - You must purchase and learn the fishing baits from each country. You may continue to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Fairy (must reach max level)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town (Hidden Springs).

Dog / Cat Trainer (raise and train 1 dog and 1 cat in Hunting skill. You must max all skill challenges for both pets) * Due to the horse requirement, you can split these and move this requirement to another season if you like

Travel (optional) - you may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Occult 2 - Unicorn (you must adopt a unicorn - when you are ready to leave the town, you can have them return to the wild and sell any horses that you already have. Cats and dogs must travel with you.)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

8. Lunar Lakes / Oasis Landings (alternate living in each town every year)

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - you may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Occult 2 - Plumbot (you must create a plumbot - it will be with you for the remainder of the challenge)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town (Lunar Lakes).

9. Starlight Shores

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Magician

Year 2 - Acrobat

Year 3 - Singer

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - you may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Genie (you must become a genie or free a genie - it will need to be tied to your family tree so you may marry and produce a child with them. You may obtain multiple genies.)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

10. Lucky Palms

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Politician

Year 2 - Art Appraiser (Appraisals Branch)

Year 3 - Law Enforcement (Secret Agent)

Primary Skills - Gambling / Artisan

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - you may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

11. Sunlit Tides

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Angler

Year 2 - Photographer

Year 3 - Military

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (required) - You must travel so that you can catch at least one type of every fish. You need to have them mounted and placed in a chest for safe keeping. You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

12. Moonlight Falls

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Fortune Teller (Scam Artist)

Year 2 - Alchemist

Year 3 - Fortune Teller (Mystic Healer)

Primary Skills - Alchemy

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - You must change to a supernatural being of your choice (not human!)

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Criminal (Emperor of Evil)

Year 2 - Architect

Year 3 - Architect (continued)

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

14. Aurora Skies

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Science

Year 2 - Game Developer (Game Artist Branch)

Year 3 - Stylist

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

15. Dragon Valley

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Gardener

Year 2 - Nectar Maker

Year 3 - Education

Primary Skills - Violin / Nectar Making

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (required) - You must travel to purchase all harvestable items in the countries and to get the nectar making machines. You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Plantsim

Occult 2 - Plantsim baby - you must grow and harvest a Forbidden Fruit. This child can satisfy the family requirement for this town.

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

16. Isla Paradiso

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Scuba Diver

Year 2 - Lifeguard (you can use a mod to lower athletics while you do this career)

Year 3 - Writer

Primary Skills - Athletics / Diving

Free Skill - none

Activities - Own and operate a 5-Star resort. Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

17. Midnight Hollow

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Criminal (Master Thief)

Year 2 - Ghost Hunter

Year 3 - Music (Hit Movie Composer)

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Own and operate a toy/merchandise store. Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

18. Roaring Heights

All Degrees Completed - Rebel, Nerd, and Jock Social Influence maxed (must remain through the challenge)

Year 1 - Private Investigator

Year 2 - Journalism

Primary Skills - none

Free Skill - none

Activities - Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points)

Travel (optional) - You may travel to search for insects, metals, or gems. No tomb raiding or working on Visa level at this time.

Occult - Free Choice

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. You cannot move them out and you must keep the tree contained. Child must be born in this town.

Collecting (use the Collection Journal if you earn the points) - you must complete the collection at this time

Own and operate a 5-Star resort

Purchase ALL ownable properties and venues in town and upgrade them fully

Travel (required)

Get Visa level 3 for all travel destinationis

Purchase vacation homes in China, France, Egypt, and Oasis Landings

Complete all relic collections

Occult - Free Choice

Occult 2 - have a mummy join the household. Keep them alive for 1 sim year. Then you may restore their humanity and youth and join them to your family tree (marry them to a relative)

Occult 3 - Ghosts - restore the ghosts of ALL of your descendants. Restore their humanity and youth, then purchase a home for them in the neighborhood.

Family - produce at least 1 child through one of the various methods in the game. Child must remain in the family tree for the duration of the challenge. Child must be born in this town.

Any incomplete skill challenges that you have from moving to various towns should now be completed. Be aware that traveling to the future or countries will reset the Jump Competitions of the Rider skill. Save that for when you are no longer traveling.

Odds and Ends

During the challenge, you will need to try to accomplish everything that one sim can possibly do. Most of the skill challenges will do this for you.

Collections - You can create and/or collect as many items as you want, but once you have found a gem, insect, metal, etc. then you must keep 1 of them in a chest either on your lot or in your family inventory.

Children and Spouses

You may marry a sim from any town that you are using during that 'season'. Be sure at some point to marry an alien so you can get the spaceship. You will need it for handiness upgrades.

There are many methods to have kids. You must use EACH of these at least once during the challenge:

Normal pregnancy

Alien birth (either through male abduction or regular birth)

Plantsim

Engineer a child (Oasis Landings)

Genetic Merger (Door of Life and Death)

Wishing Well (Lucky Palms)

Time Machine

Cloning (be sure to raise it and marry it into the family line)

Adoption

Imaginary Friend (turn them real at child age and raise as your own. They must become a family tree member.

This blog is always changing as I am still play-testing the challenge. As i run across new items, I will continue to add them here.

I'm thinking about using this challenge to get to know TS3 (came down from TS4), but I feel such a noob. When you introduce your Sunset Valley world in season one you are like "I didn't change much, I just placed this and this and that" and I watched that minute a dozen times trying to find out what you were placing and where you got it from, and why you would need it for that season, but I still don't know! Could you please help a noob on her way?

I have been preparing to start season 1 of this challenge by building on the Sunset Valley map and making my future Ultimate Sim! Anyone who is bored enough loves to see how I fail get along at this ginormous challenge as a total TS3 noob can do so at my topic!

I've been working on a checklist doc based on my TS3 Complete List and I noticed that the Advanced Technology is required in both S6 and S8, is that on purpose? I only noted down the season for the required skills, not for the free skills.

Also, is there anybody that can tell me which points need CC and what CC is needed for them? I did find that the listed Violin skill is in none of the packs, but are there any other skills / jobs that I missed?

I have been playing through my first sim week by now. It was very hard to find a werewolf, none of the nearly 40 sims she met was one, so in the end I put the supernatural hangout on an empty university town lot to solve it. Then it took untill sunday evening, full moon, before her werewolf friend was actually in any shape to bite her.... so I guess I'm a bit off schedule, lol!

For more details check my blog which I linked above! I'd love to know if anyone else is also working on this amazingly well put together challenge!

There are 19 seasons and there are currently only 10 types of babies on the challenge list. I would like to propose some additions to this list as well as tie some reproductions to a season if that is the season that has that lifestate, town or item needed. In the seasons that do not have a special life state / town / item needed for one of the ways to produce offspring I set it to "free choice" which includes the option to skip having offspring in that season, as long as you get everything of the Any Season list as well, but that shouldn't be an issue as you can decide to have more then 1 type of baby in any single season!

Ofcourse it will be up to @Llandros2012 if he wants to update his rules or not, and up to anyone playing if they like this change or not! Btw: I noticed that the Odds and Ends sections appears before AND after the list of seasons, is that on purpose? Oh, and 1 other question, why is any tomb raiding and extending visas to the max level only in season 19?

Type per season:

Season 1 => Werewolf baby

Season 2 => Human Baby (Normal Pregnancy)

Season 3 => Witch baby

Season 4 => Free Choice

Season 5 => Vampire baby

Season 6 => Fairy baby

Season 7 => Free Choice

Season 8 => Engineer a child (Oasis Landings)

Season 9 => Genie baby

Season 10 => Wishing Well (Lucky Palms)

Season 11 => Free Choice

Season 12 => Free Choice

Season 13 => Free Choice

Season 14 => Free Choice

Season 15 => Plantsim baby

Season 16 => Mermaid baby

Season 17 => Free Choice

Season 18 => Free Choice

Season 19 => Free Choice

Season of Choice:

Any Season => Set of twins

Any Season => Set of triplets

Any Season => Adoption

Any Season => Imaginary Friend (turn real at child age, raise as your own, marry into family and have them produce a child)

I am making quite some progress, my sim reached the max skill in charisma, social networking and lycanthropy, sold a 5 star blog, got 3 celebrity stars and a perfect GPA business degree. I took a 1 week break to sell my surplus collectibles, gather some money, and get set up properly before starting the daycare, and I also traveled to Shang Simla to buy 10 chests to be able to empty my inventory for now. Is anybody else still playing this challenge? If anybody is blogging or vlogging about it please be sure to drop a link so we can follow eachothers progress!

Well PLUM, after a series of crashes my save got corrupted, and right when I thought I fixed it no more kids showed up at my daycare. As I am only halfway season 1 I decided I'd rather start clean, and take whatever I learned along those first 5 weeks to change up a few things. And I am going to drop 1 of the rules, the one that makes you take roommates for an entire season. I will have plenty of roommates at the university worlds (taking a dorm every single time) and in the real world they are just a pain. Getting in my way, standing there when my sim tried to hook a partner, etc. It just annoys me too much.

I also did a COMPLETE reorganization of my checklist doc, and I think that others might benefit from this as well! Please feel free to save a copy on your own google drive and edit it in any way you deem necessary! Please also report any incorrect and/or missing information to me so I can update this doc and my TS3 Complete List which I based it on!

> @AlHollandiyah said:
> Is anybody else still playing this challenge? If anybody is blogging or vlogging about it please be sure to drop a link so we can follow eachothers progress!

Hi! Funny enough a returning Sims3 player here who've just learned about the challenge. I'm currently at Season1 on Llandros channel. And am very tempted to try something similar. I'm currently trying to understand all the logic behind the rules and restrictions and planning my game setup. So no blog yet. But I'm very interested in seeing others doing this challenge and keeping in touch.

What I like best about this challenge is how it is all spread to tour around every town there is with plenty to do in each season. If there were no limitations on for example skill building you would probably have it all on 10 within a hand full of seasons and then the rest of the towns would be you bored to death waiting on something to happen. Further more certain skills are tied to certain degrees, certain jobs or other stuff to certain towns and areas, and I feel that Llandros did a really good job in making it into a whole package! If you do start a blog on it, be sure to let me know!

Almost ready to relaunch and give this a 2nd run! This time I hope it will go better! The house that I've build for her to buy after she gets her degree is done, and I also opened the fresh blog already! You can find the details of the build here, and the new blog here!

I have been working on my blog topic to make it look better and generally make it more readable. I added a nice (simple) logo on top of the original post, and am planning to add a same styled logo for each season. I also made a bullet style overview for the goals for season 1, with the season logo in that comment. I am also planning to link all seasons in the original post, so that anyone interested can jump to the start of said season. Curious? Head over to the topic here! As for the logos themselves, I made those with GIMP and a downloaded Sims font!

Best of luck on your Ultimate Sim Challenge - I really enjoyed creating this and playing mine. I hope you have a glitch-free and successful run! Will check in on your progress from time to time! Have fun!!

Best of luck on your Ultimate Sim Challenge - I really enjoyed creating this and playing mine. I hope you have a glitch-free and successful run! Will check in on your progress from time to time! Have fun!!

Thank you so much! I had none so far, except for my daycare getting no kids after level 1. If that is a good or a bad thing I don't know, seeing how frustrated you got in your youtube series. I tried so many things to fix it, and I also tried at least 1 day at every level to see if that would help, but when even level 5 got me no kids (not in the morning, nor in the afternoon) I just quit the job. It does feel a little incomplete, but rather then getting a headache about it, I just decided to move on. I can't help it the game glitches like that....

On the good news side: She just got a little boy! And if Nraas is not mistaken will get a little girl too! I wanted them close together if there were no twins, as I wanted her to have 2 kids this season. Because A} I'm working with my extended kids list and this season she needed to get a werewolf kid, so her husband was bitten shortly after getting married (totally not evil) and B} with 2 werewolf kids and a werewolf husband I can make them form a pack and get the irky annoying insect collection out of the way. And in the meanwhile I am just going to collect or brew some potent cures for those three for once that collection is done, as the other two are done already!

Best of luck on your Ultimate Sim Challenge - I really enjoyed creating this and playing mine. I hope you have a glitch-free and successful run! Will check in on your progress from time to time! Have fun!!

I am still loving my Ultimate Sim Challenge! I'm still playing without any issues (knock on wood) and am currently in Monte Vista. My Ultimate Sim game has been going on for over 2 years... and I still love playing it. Life takes me away from it from time to time but it's the only save game that I play. This is the best challenge EVER! Thanks for the time you put it into Llandros, and also for making me love my sims so much!

AlHollandiyah... I'll check out your Challenge Blogs. I always love seeing what others are doing with their Sims!

I was going to attach my family tree that I've been maintaining on a separate website called Family Echo but I can't attach the PDF. :0(
If I can figure it out... I'll post it!

I have sort of finished season 4, be it without the Grocery Store Clerk career, because that was so glitched that nothing I tried would result in her getting the job. Resetting everything by Nraas, going to the grocery store, shift clicking the mailbox, adding the career by Nraas, trying all those things in a fresh and untainted save, nothing worked. So I have put it on the To Do list for another season. Very probably in season 5 but I will not pin myself on that, I might do it in another town/season if I feel that fits better! Here is a link to the starting post of season 5, which I will launch soon!